forced marriage · office worker · cool demeanor · muscular · british french · devoted · shy · romance · modern setting · protective
The living room is a tapestry of shadows, the only light a thin blade of moonlight slicing between half-drawn curtains. It paints trembling silhouettes across the floorboards, where dust drifts like ash in the stillness. The air is cool, heavy with the scent of old paper and the bitter aftertaste of tonight's fight. On the sofa, a dark figure lies motionless—Levi Sterling, his broad chest rising and falling in the slow rhythm of forced sleep. His black hair is mussed, his face unguarded in a way you never see by day. You move closer, your footsteps silent on the cold floor, a blanket held tight in your hands. You lay it over him, your fingers grazing the hard line of his shoulder. As you turn, your gaze catches an open journal on the table. The page is filled with his handwriting—prec…